JuiceBox 3.0
Light, power, heat, & communication access for Disaster resilience. All powered by the sun.
Shine presents JuiceBox 3.0: A portable, durable, Made-in-USA solar microgrid for use by natural disaster victims, homeless families, refugees, and off-grid healthcare workers. The size of a laptop, JuiceBox 3.0 easily fits in a backpack and is a far more cost-effective, easily transported, low-maintenance alternative to gasoline generators often used to bring light and electricity to these vulnerable populations. JuiceBox is perfect for individuals, families, and small communities in need of emergency power at a small scale. JuiceBox 3.0 is being developed by Shine, a public benefit company led by undergraduate students from the Claremont Colleges outside Los Angeles, CA. More at http://shinewithus.org
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Benjamin Olshin (Catlin Gabel School ’21), Video Producer (benjaminolshin.com)
Sam Frantz (Pomona College ’22), Video Producer
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Shine’s third generation of JuiceBox uses proprietary hardware and software to provide unparalleled compactness, efficiency, power and weight savings for communities taken off-grid by natural disasters and individuals working to transition out of homelessness. Our Claremont, CA-based team is currently developing prototypes, working with business, nonprofit and government partners to better understand our market and the needs of our target users, and building a team of talented, young, and driven undergraduate students to research, engineer, manufacture and promote our flagship JuiceBox.
Powerful & Economical
Natural disaster relief primarily uses fuel-reliant, expensive to maintain, and difficult to transport gasoline generators to provide emergency power to impacted constiutents. JuiceBox’s lightweight, renewable maintenance-free power reduces cost and feasibility barriers for governments & nonprofits eager to protect their communities.
EASY TRANSPORT
JuiceBox fits neatly into a backpack along with other emergency supplies for easy, human-powered transportation — even after critical infrastructure failure blocks roads, collapses bridges, and damages trucks or other transportation equipment.
Designed for Stockpiles
JuiceBox is designed to be compactly stockpiled and easily deployed without the need for vehicles and infrastructure that can fail in disasters. JuiceBox fits in a backpack alongside other emergency supplies and is easily carried on foot.
INtuitive & Fleet-REady
ShineNet makes solar intuitive for disaster victims in 108 languages, accelerating recovery for disaster victims. It also gives relief organizations unprecedented energy system fleet management capabilities. No internet connection required.
